OpenAI disrupts five state-backed groups using its models for cyber operations
OpenAI and Microsoft identified and disrupted five state-affiliated threat groups that used OpenAI services for reconnaissance, translation, scripting, code debugging and phishing-related content.
TOWARD DOOM47confidence 98/100
Why it moved the index
Observed use by multiple state-backed groups established practical cyber-misuse demand, although OpenAI assessed the capability uplift as limited and incremental.
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Assessment history
- R1Toward 47 · confidence 98
New February 2024 observed state-affiliated AI cyber misuse and disruption.
12 Aug 2026